If arguments like the MAHA case prevail, protective and enhancement embryo edits will shift from speculative science into a paid marketplace where clinics, third‑party analytics, and wealth determine who receives genetic resilience. That transition would produce rapid concentration of biologically conferred advantages unless regulated.
— This reframes genome‑editing debate from abstract ethics to an imminent distributional policy problem — who gets resilient genomes, and how do we prevent a new hereditary elite?
Emma Waters
2026.01.14
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The article’s advocacy for advanced genetic editing (MAHA) explicitly pushes the field toward normalization and market deployment by clinics and private actors.
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